Harness-saddle.



m. 6 3,920; Patented Dec. 18. 1900"."

VR. 0. MURPHY.

HARNESS SADDLE.

(Application filed Feb. 26. 1900.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT trues.

RICHARD D. MURPHY, OF LA OROSSE, WISCONSIN.

HARN ESS-SADDLE.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 663,920, dated December 18, 1900.

Application filed February 26, 1900. Serial No. 8,505. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be itknown that I, RICHARD D. MURPHY, a citizen of the United States, residing at La Crosse, in the county of La Grosse and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in the Construction of Harness-Saddles and 1 do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to harness-saddles While the essential and characteristic features of the invention are necessarily susceptible of modification, still the preferred embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a vertical central longitudinal section of a harness-saddle constructed in accordance with the principles of this invention. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a burpiece having the padding and covering therefor in position. Fig. 3 is a top plan view of a bur-piece stripped. Fig. 4. is an edge view of the bur-piece.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and in dicat-ed in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

The harness-saddle in its general construc tion is of ordinary formation and comprises the tree or frame 1, of metal, the jockey 2, the pad, and the usual trimmings, including the check-hook 3 and terrets 4. The outline of the saddle will depend largely upon the purpose for which it is designed and upon the caprice of the manufacturer.

The invention deals more particularly with the pad, or, more properly speaking, the burpiece forming the back of the pad, and this piece is provided with openings 5, 6, and 7 at intervals in its length and with a notch 8 at its inner end to clear the bur 9, to which thethreaded shank of the check-hook 3 is attached. A plate 8 underlaps the notched ends of the bur-pieces and supports the bur 9 and prevents injury to the inner covering 16 at the neck of the pad.

It is to be understood that a bur-piece is provided for each side or end portion of the saddle, and these bur-pieces are curved longitudinally and are widened transversely at a point intermediate of their ends. The central portion of the bur-pieces is thickened to correspond with the hollow portion at each side of the vertebra of the animal. By thicksuing the bur-pieces midway of their ends it is not necessary to provide excessively thick padding, and the latter may be more nearly uniform. The notch 8 and openings 5, 6, and 7 are formed simultaneously with the molding of the bur-pieces, thereby cheapening the construction and avoiding subsequent handling to bore or punch these parts. An oblong recess 10 is formed in the top side of each bu r-piece and intersects the opening'6 and is adapted to receive the wings of the terret-bur 17, which is fitted therein. The burs a and b for the fastening-screws 11 and 12 are fitted in the openings 5 and 7 with their wings underlapping the bur-piece and preferably fitted in depressions formed in the bottom side thereof. The outer end of each bur-piece is reduced for a short distance, as shown at 13, to receive the flexible end pieces 14, to which the ends of the pad-covering are attached.

The padding 15 consists, preferably,of strips of felt or like fibrous material shaped to conform to the outline of the bur-piece and secured thereto and protected by the covering 16, which is secured at its longitudinal edges to the corresponding edge portions of the bur-piece in any manner found most convenient. This padding may consist of a single layer or two or more plies, according to the thickness of the material constituting the same. By using felt or like material the objections urged against fillingof hair and similar loose material are wholly obviated and the padding is not likely to collect and produce welts, chafing, and galling.

After the bur-pieces have been covered they are fitted to the end portions of the tree 1 and are secured thereto by the fastenings 11 and 12, the inner fastenings 11 passing through the tree and bur-pieces and the outer fastenings 12 through these parts and the terminals of the jockey. The terret-burs 17 are placed in the openings 6 with their wings lying in the recesses 10 and are confined. in their respective seats. by the tree, The terrets 4 have their shanks screwed into the terret-burs 17 in the ordinary manner.

The construction is exceedingly simple and minimizes the cost of manufacture and provides a harness-saddle which will maintain its initial shape and prevent displacement of the padding and lessen the chances of producing sores, generally resulting from unequal distribution of pressure and the gathering of the padding in lumps and welts.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is A bur-piece for harness-saddles constructed substantially as herein shown and described, the same being formed of rigid ma-- RICHARD D. MURPHY.

Witnesses:

GEO. M, ERIcKsoN,

A. A. MORSE. 

